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Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is the practice of hosting a desktop operating system within a virtual machine running on a centralized server. VDI users typically access the virtual desktops via a thin client. VDI is a variation on the client/server computing model, sometimes referred to as ...

If I have the Hypervisor running on Windows 2008 R2, and I have a guest OS of Windows 7 as part of the VDI, how can I get the local PC to boot into that, if Windows 7 is not installed on the local PC?
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I'm putting together a Windows 2012 (Standard) server that's sort of a special case - it needs to be an "all in one" appliance. I literally don't have any other physical servers I can use. As part of ...

I am planning to virtualise 50 desktops as thin clients(concurrent users). Well i will need 5 servers where 3 will be used for server virtualisation and 2 for desktop virtualsiation.All the servers ...

We are planning to deploy 50 virtual desktops(for normal users) using thin client hardware and VDI solution(using VMware or Citrix).Currently we have'nt virtualised any of the physical servers.I heard ...

After (we believe) a backup application passed large amounts of traffic across a low quality SAN that some of our VMs were running off of, all VMs became read only, after this we powercycled the host, ...

I have a VMWARE Lab and CITRIX Lab and they work just fine, But is there a way I could
publish VMWARE VDI Through Citrix Web Interface.
I've XENAPP 6.5 and vSphere 5.1 and vmware stuff in place
I'm ...

I'm planning to work on a contract with a nonprofit organization that supports low-income areas in the South-east Washington D.C. area with computers as a community service so that people can use the ...

I need to setup the virtual environment for our Servers and around 10 workstations. At present, we are connecting to the servers or workstations through Windows Remote Desktop Connection ( mstsc ) on ...

I'm looking for some Free and OpenSource Alternative to Citrix XenApp. I need to serve some Apps to Linux boxes from a Windows host. I've came across Ulteo OVD but it lacks Native Clients and Seamless ...

I am creating a new Virtual machine on a server using an existing vdi image (Import from CLI). When the machine gets started, I want it to be accessed from the IP address of the Linux Host machine to ...

If I have a Local datastore that is full, and a second NFS based datastore, can I create a linked clone of a VM on the local datastore, but have the data for the clone live on the NFS datastore? ESXi ...

I'm evaluating Citrix Xen Desktop 7 and using VMWare vSphere as a hosting of virtual machines.
All works perfectly except multy-monitors workstations.
The problem is, that when user minimizes Citrix ...

We're using Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, with XenServer on the back-end. I noticed in one of my deployed images, either XenServer for VDI in a box is creating snapshots automatically. The snapshots are listed ...

Is there a good (proper) way to test whether network switching in place is good enough for VDI delivery?
I read a Cisco UCS whitepaper that stated that they observed 3.2 ms latency across their test ...

There is huge number of different formats for virtual storage files for desktop and server purposes (vmdk, qcow2, vdi, vdk, etc.). I'm writing a little script for manipulating them and would like the ...

I'm looking at the feasibility of providing remote access to multiple virtual machines. The VMs themselves will provide user desktops.
To make best use of the available resources, I'd like the VMs to ...

looking to build a 10 node to eventually 50 node VDI solution.
the only OS on the desktop will be ubuntu ( or some other linux )
looking for easy setup administration, and remote administration etc.
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I'm new to the Thin Client / VDI concept but it seems like my environment might be a good candidate for converting. Currently we run Windows 7, so I would like to investigate a TS/VDI solution with ...

I'm running on an Intel i7 930. I'm new to virtual machines and linux. I'm trying to learn how to use and install KVM. So I used VirtualBox to install Debian 6 64-bit. So I got the VirtualBox up. I ...